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train	Agents found more than 1,000 credit cards and credit card duplicating machines during a search of Ragin's address.	An Ohio law that bans a controversial late-term abortion procedure is constitutionally acceptable and the state can enforce it, a federal appeals court ruled yesterday.	2.75
train	The CWA, which represents more than 2,300 Comcast employees, called that excessive when a typical union employee makes about $27,000 a year.	A Cuban architect was sentenced to 20 years in prison Friday for using two fake grenades to hijack a passenger plane from Cuba to Florida in April.	3
train	The leading actress nod went to energetic newcomer Marissa Jaret Winokur as Edna's daughter Tracy.	The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC lost 2 points, or 0.18 percent, to 1,649.	3.4
train	The only other person who had not been accounted for Sunday was a man from Fort Worth, Texas.	Klarman was arrested by FBI agents Monday morning at his home in New York.	2.5
train	Bashir felt he was being tried by opinion not on the facts, Mahendradatta told Reuters.	Playwright George Axelrod, who anticipated the sexual revolution with The Seven Year Itch and Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?	3.6
train	Apple Computer's new online music service sold more than 1 million songs during its first week of operation, the company said Monday.	The new products on the desktop side include the latest versions of Pylon Conduit and Pylon Pro.	3.333
train	Others with such a status are Egypt, Israel, and Australia.	According to law enforcement officials, the individual decrypted passwords on the server.	3
train	The BlueCore3-Multimedia includes a 16-bit stereo audio CODEC with dual ADC and DAC for stereo audio.	He added: "There is no doubt about the chemical programme, the biological programme and indeed the nuclear weapons programme.	4.667
train	The department ordered an 18.2 percent reduction for Allstate Texas Lloyds and a 12 percent reduction for State Farm Lloyds.	Waksal pleaded guilty to insider trading charges last year, and he is scheduled to be sentenced June 10.	2.6
train	Is it in the food supply?" says David Ropeik, director of risk communication at the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis.	LIPA Chairman Richard Kessel said that meant the cable could be used "as we see fit.	2.5
train	While some other parts of Africa have been used as staging grounds for the terror group, Malawi previously had not been a major focus of investigations into al-Qaida.	The academy will get its own internal report next week and it will be made public, Rosa said.	5
train	She had only a single condition, that the book not be published until her death.	Harvey was taken to St. Luke's Hospital for precautionary neck X-rays, which came back negative.	3
train	Shares of Allergan fell 14 cents to close at $78.12 on the New York Stock Exchange (news - web sites).	Cavender did say: "I felt that if I disagreed with Rosie too much I would lose my job."	3.8
train	The device plays Internet radio streams and comes with a 30-day trial of RealNetworks' Rhapsody music service.	The U.S. Food and Drug Administration rejected ImClone's original application in December 2001, saying the trial had been sloppily conducted.	2.4
train	It will also help reform the Royal Solomon Islands Police, strengthen the courts and prisons system and protect key institutions such as the Finance Ministry from intimidation.	He was arrested in Atlanta, Georgia, on Monday night by police acting on a tip-off.	4
train	The company didn't detail the costs of the replacement and repairs.	Bush said U.S. and European Union leaders, at an annual Washington summit, agreed on the need to keep Iran from developing nuclear weapons.	1.5
train	"Americans don't cut and run, we have to see this misadventure through," she said.	"I have acknowledged that I behaved inappropriately," he said.	3.25
train	The University of Michigan released today a new admissions policy after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down in June the way it previously admitted undergraduates.	License sales, a key measure of demand, fell 21 percent to $107.6 million.	2.625
train	Orange shares jumped as much as 15 percent.	The crates are full of hardback copies of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."	4
train	International rescue workers are scouring flattened debris for survivors in Iran's shattered ancient Silk Road city of Bam after a violent earthquake killed more than 20,000 people.	The boy fired once into a wall and sprayed the room with fire extinguishers, making it hard to see, the chief said.	3.4
train	The audiotape aired last week by the Arab Al-Jazeera television network appears to be an effort to incite attacks.	"I'm really excited about going to Cleveland," James told ESPN.com.	4
train	The ADRs fell 10 cents to $28.95 at 10:06 a.m. in New York Stock Exchange composite trading today.	Steve Squyres, a Cornell University scientist, is principal investigator for the missions' science instruments.	3.25
train	"City-grown pollution, and ozone in particular, is tougher on country trees," says Cornell University ecologist Jillian Gregg.	The attorney representing al-Halabi, Air Force Maj. James Key III, denied the charges, according to The Associated Press.	4.5
train	He had been arrested twice before for trespassing and barred from the complex - home to his mother and two children.	Barbini said the EU may reach a compromise but it wants a system for labeling such foods, something the industry has resisted.	4.8
train	John Hickenlooper had 65 percent of the vote to 35 percent for City Auditor Don Mares.	Security analysts said the new version, W32/Sobig.C-mm, had already reached a "high level" outbreak status by mid-afternoon on Monday.	4.4
train	Express Scripts ESRX.O shares fell 3.6 percent to close at $66.89 on the Nasdaq.	The pressure will intensify today, with national coverage of the final round planned by ESPN and words that are even more difficult.	1.2
train	Bremer said one initiative is to launch a $70 million nationwide program in the next two weeks to clean up neighborhoods and build community projects.	Nvidia will take advantage of MediaQ customers, which include such players as Siemens AG, Sharp, Philips, Dell, Mitsubishi and Sony Corp.	3.667
train	The helicopter burst into flames upon impact, according to the Mohave County Sheriff's Office.	Supermarket chains are accusing union leaders of breaking off contract talks prematurely over the weekend as grocery clerks gear up for a possible strike.	5
train	Vivendi shares closed 3.8 percent up in Paris at 15.78 euros.	"MediaMax performs EXACTLY as "advertised" to the companies who purchased it," Jacobs said in the statement.	2.5
train	The technology-packed Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> dropped 37.78 points, or 1.94 percent, to 1,912.36.	He said police had identified the bodies of seven of the 14 bombers who launched five almost simultaneous raids Friday night.	4.2
train	Young has 28 days to file a response and ask the NASD for a hearing.	The researchers gave copies of "Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution" to the carb-cutters.	2
train	Former company chief financial officer Franklyn M. Bergonzi pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy on June 5 and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors.	People who once thought their blood pressure was fine actually need to start exercising and eating better, according to new U.S. guidelines published on Wednesday.	4
train	Albertsons and Kroger's Ralphs chain locked out their workers in response.	Along with chip maker Intel, the companies include Sony, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, International Business Machines, Gateway, Nokia and others.	3.4
train	Another big gainer was Rambus Inc. (nasdaq: RMBS - news - people), which shot 32 percent higher.	Last week, former chief financial officer Franklyn Bergonzi pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy and agreed to cooperate with the government's investigation.	3.2
train	A federal grand jury indicted them on Tuesday; the document was sealed until yesterday to allow authorities to make arrests.	The broad Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX shed 0.17 of a point, or just 0.02 percent, to 934.	3
train	Excluding litigation charges, RIM's loss narrowed even further to 1 cent a share.	Fighting has continued sporadically in the west, where it is complicated by the presence of battle-hardened Liberians on both sides.	4.25
train	Kadyrov was not injured, but four of his bodyguards were among those killed.	World No.2 Lleyton Hewitt has accused his professional peers of long-standing malice, including an attempt last year to dupe him into refusing a drug test.	4.75
train	People who have opposed these actions throughout are now trying to find fresh reasons to say this wasn't the right thing to do."	Missouri Education Commissioner Kent King said he was disappointed by the scores.	2.4
train	"People are obviously inconvenienced," said Dr. Jim Young, Ontario's commissioner of public safety.	A Caesarean had originally been planned in mid- November, two weeks early.	3.333
train	Dixon was otherwise the class of the field at Pikes Peak International Raceway.	Colgate shares were down 30 cents at $56 in morning trade on the New York Stock Exchange.	3.176
train	It was the best advance since Oct. 1, when the index gained 22.25.	"I'm going to try to march with a number of different groups," Bloomberg said.	1.75
train	OPEC producers at a meeting on Wednesday are set to pressure independent oil exporters to contribute to the cartel's next supply cut to allow for the return of Iraqi oil.	Shares of Allergan were up 14 cents at $78.40 in late trading on the New York Stock Exchange.	3
train	"It appears from our initial report that this was a textbook landing considering the circumstances," Burke said.	Its safe to assume the Senate is prepared to pass some form of a cap....The level of it is to be debated.	2.4
train	Texas Instruments climbed $1.37 to $19.25 yesterday and Novellus Systems Inc. advanced $1.76 to $36.31.	The University of Michigan plans to release a new undergraduate admissions policy Thursday after its acceptance requirements were rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court in June.	4.75
train	In April, it had forecast operating earnings in the range of 60 to 80 cents a share.	Academic achievement -- including grades, test scores and high school curriculum -- are given the highest priority.	4.222
train	The two-year note US2YT=RR fell 5/32 in price, taking its yield to 1.23 percent from 1.16 percent late on Monday.	Dynes has been at UC San Diego since 1991 after spending 22 years with AT&T Bell Labs, where he worked on superconductors and other materials.	3.5
train	State Education Commissioner Kent King said Wednesday that the scores on the Missouri Assessment Program tests disappointed him.	Sunnis make up 77 percent of Pakistan's population, Shiites 20 percent.	4
train	On Tuesday, the central bank left interest rates steady, as expected, but also declared that overall risks were weighted toward weakness and warned of deflation risks.	The injured passenger at John Peter Smith died later in the morning; his name has not been released, Jones said.	4.8
train	The valid signatures of 897,158 registered California voters must be collected and turned in to county election officials by Sept. 2.	Klarman was charged with 16 counts of wire fraud.	4.667
train	In a not-too-subtle swipe at Dean, he predicted Americans would not elect a Democrat "who sounds an uncertain trumpet in these dangerous times."	The dollar was at 117.85 yen against the Japanese currency, up 0.1 percent.	3.2
train	Some 95 million Americans -- half of all households -- invest in mutual funds.	Forest, the Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco, said it had greeted The Lancet's call with "amusement and disbelief'".	4
train	"I notice a mood change in their priorities," one politician said.	Lay had refused to turn over the papers, asserting his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.	3
train	Waksal has pleaded guilty to securities fraud and is to be sentenced next week.	The technique is used during the second and, occasionally, third trimester of pregnancy.	4
train	Druce is still being held at the prison and is now in isolation, she said.	And I really liked him, and I still do.	2.588
train	Licensing revenue slid 21 percent, however, to $107.6 million.	The Communications Workers Union, which represents more than 2,300 Comcast employees, called the executive pay package excessive when a typical union employee makes about $27,000 annually.	4
train	"The figures are becoming catastrophic," said Dr. Patrick Pelloux, the president of the association of emergency room physicians.	The damaged area of the garage was not stable, with ``the real potential for a secondary collapse,'' McGreevey said.	3.6
train	The Dodgers won their sixth consecutive game their longest win streak since 2001 as they edged Colorado, 3-2, Wednesday in front of a crowd of 25,332 at Dodger Stadium.	The charges of espionage and aiding the enemy can carry the death penalty.	5
train	Revenue rose 3.9 percent, to $1.63 billion from $1.57 billion.	Through Sunday, Sept. 21, Site Finder has been visited over 65 million times by Internet users.	3.5
train	Yes, from today Flash memory purchased from AMD or Fujitsu will be branded Spansion.	Cisco executives were encouraged by $1.3 billion in cash flow and the increase in net income, but said they remained ``cautiously optimistic'' about a rebound.	4
train	Amnesty International has said that over the past 20 years it has collected information about 17,000 disappearances in Iraq but the actual figure may be much higher.	Democrats dominate the Assembly while Republicans control the Senate.	3.6
train	The latest snapshot of the labor markets was slightly better than economists were expecting; they were forecasting claims to fall no lower than 410,000 for last week.	Swartz had sought to have the charges dismissed, saying New Hampshire was the wrong place to charge him.	3.8
train	The mother also alleged in the lawsuit that she was sexually assaulted by one of the guards.	Domestic sales at both GM and No. 2 Ford Motor Co. declined more than predicted as a late summer sales frenzy prompted a larger-than-expected industry backlash.	4
train	Additionally, the h2210’s cradle has room to charge a second battery.	The crates are full of hardback copies of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."	3.273
train	Board Chancellor Robert Bennett declined to comment on personnel matters Tuesday.	Also as part of the deal, PalmSource stock will begin trading on the NASDAQ stock market Wednesday under the ticker symbol: PSRC.	2.75
train	The Nasdaq composite index advanced 20.59, or 1.3 percent, to 1,616.50, after gaining 5.7 percent last week.	Police believe Wilson then shot Jennie Mae Robinson once in the head before turning the gun on herself.	1.8
train	Sources say agents confiscated "several" documents he was carrying.	Of the 24 million phone votes cast, Studdard was only 130,000 votes ahead of Aiken.	3
train	In January 2000, notebooks represented less than 25 percent of sales volume.	"What has happened to you, sir, by way of punishment, is certainly more than enough," Covello said.	4
train	Seven 20- and 21-year-old cadets were ticketed by police for drinking alcohol in an off-campus hotel room early Saturday with two young women, aged 16 and 18.	Captain Robert Ramsey of US 1St Armored Division said a truck had exploded outside the building at around 11 am.	4.75
train	The tech-loaded Nasdaq composite rose 20.96 points to 1595.91, ending at its highest level for 12 months.	He moved to Syria, where he underwent further religious training in traditional Islamic beliefs.	3.8
train	Heather, 35, who lost a leg in a road accident, is thought to have steel plates fitted in her hips, which would make natural childbirth impossible.	In a news release Thursday, Strayhorn said this was the first time a comptroller rejected a budget.	3.4
train	The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> was 0.46 points lower, or 0.05 percent, at 997.02.	Heatley underwent surgery Saturday for a broken jaw and an MRI found two torn ligaments in his right knee.	3
train	Micron has declared its first quarterly profit for three years.	By law, 911 calls are not public information in Rhode Island.	4
train	In addition, the Justice Department said that the FBI has conducted ''fewer than 10'' investigations involving visits to mosques.	"If you pass this bill," Rep. John Mabry Jr., D-Waco, told colleagues, "Big Brother will be watching you."	3.8
train	Douglas Robinson, a senior vice president of finance, will take over as chief financial officer on an interim basis.	Kerry was viewed favorably by 66 percent of those polled; Dean at 57 percent.	2.75
train	The weakness exists in the way that VBA looks at the properties of documents passed to it when the document is opened by a host application.	He also recruited other people to take delivery of fraudulently obtained merchandise he had ordered.	2.4
train	So far, they have searched Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois and Indiana, authorities in those state said.	Micron's numbers also marked the first quarterly profit in three years for the DRAM manufacturer.	3.6
train	Supermarket chains facing a possible grocery clerk strike this week accused union leaders Monday of breaking off contract talks prematurely over the weekend.	But church members and observers say they anticipate that the decision here could pose doctrinal problems for some Episcopalians who believe the Bible prohibits homosexuality.	2.5
train	Colgate shares closed Monday at $56.30 on the New York Stock Exchange.	The panel will not begin a formal investigation because the statute of limitations has expired, Plofsky said.	4
train	"I felt that if I disagreed with Rosie too much I would lose my job," she said.	SCO changed its name to Tarantella, and Caldera later changed its name to the SCO Group.	3.4
train	MediaQ's customers include major handheld makers Mitsubishi, Siemens, Palm, Sharp, Philips, Dell and Sony.	OPEC this week is set to pressure independent exporters to back the cartel's next supply cut to prevent the resumption of Iraqi exports undercutting oil prices.	3.6
train	The new sensor -- dubbed CANARY for ''cellular analysis and notification of antigen risks and yields'' -- hijacks this natural process with two important changes.	"We've put a lot of effort and energy into improving our patching progress, probably later than we should have.	5
train	A Washington County man may have the countys first human case of West Nile virus, the health department said Friday.	Hispanics have officially overtaken African Americans as the largest minority group in the US, according to a report released by the US Census Bureau.	3.8
train	The Nasdaq composite index added 30.46 points, or 2 percent, to 1,520.15.	The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> climbed 19.11 points, or 1.2 percent, to 1,615.02.	4.4
train	And when asked if he felt regret or guilt about the attack his answer was an adamant "no".	The scientist also quarantined himself at home as soon as he developed SARS symptoms, officials said.	3.8
train	Amazon also reported that the New York Attorney General's office had settled civil fraud charges with one of the spoofers it identified.	Later Tuesday, Graham was expected to be re-elected for a second one-year term.	3
train	The new system costs between $1.1 million and $22 million, depending on configuration.	It generated $4.47 billion of profit and $20 billion of revenue in the year's first half, 53 percent of Citigroup's totals.	2.6
train	Republicans had pledged to complete a Medicare drug package by August, then extended the deadline to Oct. 17, and they are still working on it.	In addition, the NTSB also recommended to NHTSA that state legislation be enacted to prohibit holders of learners permits and intermediate licenses from using mobile phones while driving.	2
train	The updated products include Pylon Pro, Pylon Conduit, Pylon Anywhere, and Pylon Application Server.	House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., says he is sensitive to civil liberties complaints.	3.417
train	The fines are part of failed Republican efforts to force or entice the Democrats to return.	Oracle chairman Larry Ellison has hinted that the company could yet again increase its offer for rival PeopleSoft.	4.5
train	Bush plans to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and the new Palestinian prime minister, Mahmoud Abbas, in the Jordanian port of Aqaba on Wednesday.	With 97 percent of precincts counted tonight, 68 percent of voters opposed the tax.	2.6
train	Dennehy, who transferred to Baylor last year after getting kicked off the University of New Mexico Lobos for temper tantrums, had begun to read the Bible daily.	Consumer groups oppose the changes, saying they would concentrate too many outlets in too few media empires.	4.091
train	Before it was removed, the site listed in broken English the rules for hackers who might participate.	He ran last year for the Democratic nomination for Texas governor, but lost the primary to multimillionaire Tony Sanchez.	3.2
train	From Broadway comedies like "The Seven Year Itch" (1952), "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?"	A long awaited report on the Hong Kong government's handling of the SARS outbreak has been released.	2.75
train	No. 2 HP saw its Unix server sales dropped 3.6 percent to $1.36 billion.	A convicted killer and two other inmates cut through two fences topped with razor wire and escaped from a state prison on a busy street.	2.6
train	School officials said Van-Vliet reported the accident using the bus’ radio.	"I know this sounds counterintuitive, but it's true: City-grown pollution -- and ozone in particular -- is tougher on country trees," U.S. ecologist Jillian Gregg said.	3.5
train	They said they had concluded that the film failed "to present a balanced portrayal" of the Reagans.	US Airways Flight 5481, which crashed Jan. 8, was judged to be within 100 pounds of its maximum takeoff weight.	4
train	Still, the "somewhat ambiguous ruling" might be a setback for Static Control depending on how it developed its competing product, Merrill Lynch analyst Steven Milunovich said.	Early Monday, insurgents threw a homemade bomb at a U.S. convoy in northern Baghdad, killing an American soldier.	2.75
train	The House has passed prescription-drug legislation in the last two sessions, but the Senate has failed to do so.	The most common side effects after getting the nasal spray were nasal congestion, runny nose, sore throat and cough.	3.25
train	Police launched an international hunt for Shevaun Pennington after she ran away with 31-year-old Toby Studabaker Saturday.	Scott Dixon eventually made winning the Honda Indy 225 look easy Sunday at Pikes Peak International Raceway.	3.8
train	He refused to reveal what percentage of flights carried sky marshals, or whether they would be increased.	So far, authorities also have searched areas in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan.	3.4